"Sensudestricto" is the new album release of English duo UnicaZürn, composed by former COIL Stephen Thrower and David Knight. Knight plays the guitar and synths and Stephen Thrower is on saxophone, reed and keyboards.
UnicaZürn emerged in 2009 from The Amal Gamal Ensemble, a live improvisation group.
Also in UnicaZürn there is improvisation, although finally the music goes into the studio where a very rigorous work is done.
UnicaZürn has a history dating back to 1980. Knight was guitarist and co-composer of the influential pop art band Danielle Dax and contributed with his guitar to the dark poetry of Karl Blake in Shock Headed Peters. He also works as Arkkon, a solo project that focuses on electro-minimalist music. The credits of Thrower include eight years in COIL, with whom he recorded the seminal albums "Scatology", "Horse Rotorvator" and "Love's Secret Domain".
He is currently half of the electro-psychedelic duo Cyclobe with Ossian Brown. Alone, his credits include scores for the films "Hell's Ground" (2007) and "Down Terrace" (2009).
Their latest album "Sensudestricto", the duo's fourth record and second album for Touch, released in April of this year, displays an intriguing atmosphere that moves through the ambient waters with a dark and organic nuance.
"Into Burning Labyrinths (Fuse-Fire-Seed)" with its enveloping and hypnotic organ makes its way through the shady labyrinths. While "Stems of the Shadowmind" has several layers, a mantle that covers the surface with ambient washes, the keyboards shapes a loop and the sinuous saxophone of Thrower puts the note of warmth to the penetrating atmosphere. In the depths, "A Gulp of Moss, a Breath of Stone" emerges with its abstract vignettes of synthesizers spirals. As this track advances, we go into a dark tunnel that resembles the soundtrack of an agonizing and intriguing film.
"Frozen Scars and Laudanum" with its epic character and its classic form unfolds a beauty without limits.
UnicaZürn with "Sensudestrict" shows its creative light and sensitivity which gives new horizons to advanced music.